Won't Eat Insoluble Fiber
#147868 - 02/08/05 02:43 PM
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Jordan
Reged: 12/05/04
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Loc: WA
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A couple of months ago I found this site, and I started eating only soluble fiber. I know this isn't healthy, so can anybody suggest some foods to get me started back on some insoluble fiber??
I've never been officially diagnosed with IBS (I've never actually gotten much help from the doctors I've seen), so on Thursday I'm going to a new doctor with all the info I've gathered about IBS and other things that could be causing my stomach problems. Hopefully she'll be able to give me some answer about what's wrong with me.
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Well we can make suggestions but something tells me you might be fussy with your fruits and vegetables (prejudice of men?  ). So you have to decide which ones you want to eat. Putting dried fruit in oatmeal and baked goods is easy, eating canned fruit and adding veggies like peas, green beans, cooked spinach will be the easiest to tolerate. It would be best to avoid raw veggies at first for sure (such as lettuce and tomato). If the only veggies you do like are ones that are harder for some people to handle or produce gas, well in my opinion it would be better to eat them than eating none at all. And some people tolerate veggies better than others. I eat asp, broc, cauli, leeks, tomatoes, eggplant, onions and scallions, artichokes etc without trouble. Try to cook your veggies well especially at first. Another thing to try would be adding brown or wild rice in with white rice. You can buy canned wild rice that is ready to go. And you might do better with putting veggies in pasta or rice than in eating them as a side dish but that isn't necessary. 
Let us know what the doctor says.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Good for you for getting a second opinion. It is critical that you get a proper diagnosis as IBS mimics several other things. Carrots are a really good place to start. They cook well, are mashable which makes them very tolerable. REmember, cook, mash, peel and puree should be your mantras for now. The more of these 4 you do the better you will be able to tolerate them. Try some well cooked and pureed tomato sauce. That's another good starting point. Add a bit of sugar to reduce the acidity of the tomato sauce.
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Formerly HanSolo. IBS, OCD, Bipolar, PTSD times 3.
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